Alicent POV.

I finished packing a while ago, now the maids are taking my things to the traveling carriages, and it gives me just enough time to think about everything that has happened today.

The excitement on Rhaenyra's voice when she told me about flying, the way she kissed me while we were up there in the clouds, the level of control she has when flying, the way she was holding me so tight and close to her to make sure i was safe, and the way her voice sounds when she's speaking whatever language she was speaking before, I've never heard anything similar.

She's so attractive, and I'm not talking about looks, but everything that she is, everything about her is so unbelievably attractive.

It makes me wonder if I'm the first person she ever took on dragon back, she did so great at holding me and making me feel safe I must not be the first person she takes with her. Truly I don't know why I'm even thinking about it, everything was so perfect and overthinking is just making me wonder things I shouldn't be worrying about.

One of the maids came not long ago to let me know we will be having dinner in our chambers, which really isn't convenient since I was hoping on seeing Rhaenyra for a little longer tonight.

I start writing down on a piece of paper "you invited me to ride on a dragon now I'm inviting you to come have dinner with me..." i scratch that and grab another piece of paper "would you like to come have dinner with me?..." I scratch this one too and decide against inviting her to have dinner, she's the princess and she must be busy, plus I don't want her to think I'm too much and I need to be with her all the time, which i do but she doesn't need to know that.

After deciding on not inviting Rhaenyra i took a bath and now I'm reading, killing time until dinner is ready, but then someone walks in my room without even knocking.

"You need to tell me exactly what did the princess do to convince you to get on a dragon!" Taena finishes her sentence with a look that says I can't believe it.

"Nothing much, T have you seen them up close? Caraxes is a little scary but Syrax is beautiful, her skin looks like its made of gold!" I start telling her.

"I haven't seen them up close, but the King and Queen always talk about how the princess is amazing at flying more so than the king at her age, according to the Queen, Rhaenyra is one of the best riders from the Targaryen house, and we are talking generations" she continues.

"Yeah she is really good, you have to do it at least once T, it's amazing the views up there are something else."

"you weren't scared? not even a little ?" she asks.

"I was terrified at first, but flying is actually really relaxing once you're up there, i can't wait to do it again tomorrow" i finish with a smile.

Dinner arrived a little after Taena, and we are eating in silence, it's nice to be able to still share these moments with her, i totally expected her to change once she got married but she's exactly the same.

"How are you feeling about going to Dragonstone?" i ask, i know Taena better than anyone and she must be a ball of nerves thinking about meeting the part of the family that couldn't make it to the wedding.

"Well, I'm excited but nervous, what if any of them don't like me, or they think I'm not a good wife to the king" she says with a sad smile.

"Don't worry T, you are already married and the King and Queen like you right?" i ask before continuing "they are the ones that matter, their opinion is the only one that matters in your marriage remember that!" i try to settle her nerves, most of the time that's all T needs somebody to tell her everything will be fine.

"You are right, come sleep in my chambers tonight?, i'm not too used to sleeping alone" she says with a pleading look in her eyes.

"Would that be ok with the King? what if he wants to visit you at night?" i ask curiously.

"he won't be visiting tonight, our first night together is going to be in Dragonstone" she continues blushing.

"How are you feeling about it? are you nervous?" if she is nervous about it she's doing great at hiding it.

"i can't believe we are talking about this..." she says before continuing "but yes i am nervous and excited, i keep putting it off, the King has been really understanding and he isn't rushing it, I'm not sure if i will know what to do if i'm being honest" she says looking down.

"I'm sure he knows what to do, after all he has a daughter already, clearly he knows what to do" I say and we both start laughing, i thought these moments between us would be gone for good but they haven't and i couldn't be happier.

"fine, enough talking about that, you're too young to be thinking about it anyways"

"I'm too young? in 2 years Father will marry me off to someone" i say with a sad smile "Besides if i don't talk to you about it who am i going to talk to?"

"Marriage is a good thing Alicent, why are you so against it?" she asks

"I'm not opposed to marriage, I'm against woman not being able to pick who they will spend the rest of their lives with"

"marriages have been arranged for years, look at how some of them turned out..." she says before continuing "your parents were happy and they hadn't even met before their wedding"

"i know they were happy but it's not always that way T" I say with a look that says we are done talking about this.

"fine, but don't worry 2 years is a while and I promise when the time comes I will be a part of choosing your husband" she says giving me a reassuring smile.

After dinner we are already in bed but i can't stop thinking about what she said, yes 2 years is a while but not long enough, soon Rhaenyra will start getting proposals and man will come from all over Westeros hoping to be one of her suitors, she is the princess so suitors will start lining up for a while before her 17 birth day, if they aren't lining up already. With that thought in mind i start falling asleep.

Rhaenyras POV

Yesterday was something else, Alicent did great with Syrax, i knew she was scared but you could hardly tell, last night i had dinner alone in my chambers, i thought about inviting her but i'm not sure i should, i don't want to be too much that she gets tired of being around me, so i decided against inviting her and i spent dinner thinking about her and how amazing she is.

I'm checking Syrax saddle to make sure everything is fine for the trip, Alicent should be here soon, we agreed on meeting outside of the dragon pit, Daemon is doing the same thing with Caraxes and we are both so focused, that it takes me a little bit to realize she is here, she's wearing something like a half dress that opens in the front right below her waist line and shows that she's wearing soft pants which i already knew she would, but those won't do.

"Anything i can help with?" she says approaching me.

"Hi, and thank you but i am almost done, i have something for you!" i say handing her a wrapped package

"Nyra what is this?" she asks curiously.

"it's necessary, for a trip like this" i explain while she's opening the package.

"I'm already wearing pants, see" she says pointing out to her legs.

"These are thicker, i had them made for you from the same material mine are, believe me you're going to thank me later when your legs have no scratches on them" i say giving her a smile.

"you had them made for me?" she says giving me a look.

"they are almost identical to mine, see" she smiles and i continue "i also had them made you a pair of gloves from the same material, but i left them in my chambers by accident, can you get them? there in my night table"

"Yes i can do that" before heading back to the castle she turns around and gives me a hug, whispering in my ear "thank you for being so caring"

"don' thank me, go and i will be waiting here for you!" i say giving her a wink and holding her hand a little longer before she leaves.

I didn't forget the gloves, i left a note inside one of the gloves for her, I'm not trying to be annoying but i want her to know just how much her riding with me means. As i continue fixing the saddle i heard Daemon talking.

"Pants and gloves?" Daemon says while giving me a look.

"She needs them, its a long trip" i say trying to make it seem less than what is it.

"Right, and you couldn't had one of the maids deliver them to her or let her use some of yours?" he says while laughing "You are so into her".

"Is it too much? do you think she will find it annoying?" i ask with a look of worry in my face.

"Why would she find it annoying, she's into you as much as you're into her.." he smiles before continuing "The girl was staring at you for a good 5 minutes before you realized she was here"

"She was?" he nods and it makes me smile "We need to talk Daemon, as soon as we get to Dragonstone".

Alicent POV

Rhaenyra and her gifts, these pants are amazing i stopped at my room to change into them, and they are thick, really thick but comfortable and they fit me perfectly I'm not sure if anything ever felt this perfect on me before, as soon as i get to her chambers i see the gloves on her night table, as i grab them to look at them and a piece of paper falls to the floor so i grab it, as i'm opening it i can see her perfect handwriting.

"Al, I've been thinking about you all day, my mother told me dinner would be served in our rooms and i thought about inviting you to come have it with me but i'm not sure it's a great idea because i don't want to overwhelm you by wanting you around all the time, instead i decided to write you this.

First i want to thank you, since you got here everything seems better, and easier, i never realize how alone i felt in this place even though i'm rarely alone, and second i want you to know how special you made me feel by letting me be the one to introduce you to dragon flying, i know you were nervous and scared, so thank you for trusting me with your safety, you looked beautiful up there, more beautiful than any view i've ever seen.

I had never taken anyone with me especially not someone i care about like i do with you and now i get why, it was meant to happen with you, i wouldn't say i was waiting for it to happen because clearly everything that has happened with us was not planned, but if i knew what a great experience it would be i would've waited for as long as necessary.

P.S. by now you should have both the pants and gloves i had made for you, it's my way of thanking you and also making sure nothing happens to your beautiful skin"

I feel like my heart is about to explode she did all of this because she's thankful for me, she's glad I'm here and she also wants to spend her time with me but doesn't want me to feel like its too much, and truly she could never be too much, we barely know each other and I already feel like I've been around her for years, she makes me feel safe and secure, this letter tells me everything I need, she likes me as much as I like her and I couldn't be happier.

I'm trying the gloves and I realize they both have been embroidered with her symbol, a tiny RT with a crown that tops both letters, I'm pretty sure the maids thought the gloves were for her and not for me but I love it, I love the fact that I now own something with the symbol on it.

Now heading to the Dragon pit again, as I'm arriving I realize we are the last ones to go, probably because the dragons will make it faster than everyone else.

"I'm sorry, did I take too long?" I ask Rhaenyra as soon as I'm close to her.

"No, we just finished, Ready?" she gives me a look like she's trying to figure out if i read the note.

"Yes, these are perfect thank you i say pointing at my legs" I'm not telling her anything about the letter until we are alone up there.

"The gloves seem to fit you perfectly too" she says grabbing one of my hands to take a closer look.

I know what she's doing but I'm not giving in, Daemon is here and I don't want to thank her without being able to really say what i need.

"They do fit me perfectly and look" i turn my hand a little so she can see the symbol on it.

"I told them not do that, they probably assume they were for me" she says shaking her head, come on we have to go now. There is the princess coming out, she's probably annoyed I didn't say anything about the letter, but she has to wait a tiny bit more, I can tell she's trying to hide the fact that she's annoyed.

Rhaenyra POV

I'm not going to lie, i'm really annoyed she didn't say anything about the note, i mean i was pretty straight forward telling her that i care about her, maybe she doesn't feel the same and she couldn't tell me that, or maybe she doesn't like those kind of things.

Daemon takes off first because he's supposed to in case of any danger or anything like that he will know before i do and will be able to warn me. As I'm settling on the saddle I try to hold on to the saddle rather than Alicents waist like last time, but she notices this and grabs my hand from where is resting and directs it to the front of her waist right where the pants start and the top opens.

"i wasn't sure if..." i try to explain but she cuts me off.

"i was just waiting for us to be alone, i read the note" she says giving my hand a squeeze "Let's get up there"

I command Syrax to start flying and as soon as she realizes we are up pretty high since we can see the clouds under us, she starts talking.

"I'm thankful for you too.." she says turning around as much as she can "And i will never think spending time with you is overwhelming, i wanted to have dinner with you too last night but Taena came to visit me, also i would never want to experience this with anyone else but you" she finishes her sentence and gives me a kiss, this time is longer, seems like Syrax somehow knows because she's not moving she's holding herself in place, when we separate she shows me her hand again.

"and this is perfect, it makes me feel like i belong with you, because your symbol is on something i own" she finishes her sentence and this time I'm the one kissing her when we separate she turns around so we can continue moving and i whisper in her ear "maybe its a sign that you do belong with me" she turns around slightly when Syrax starts flying again and gives me the sweetest smile "sounds perfect to me".